Psychedelic Shamanism, Updated Edition

by Dekorne, Jim

• ISBN13: 9781556439995
• ISBN10: 1556439997
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2011-07-26
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Summary

Psychedelic Shamanismpresents the spiritual and shamanic properties of psychotropic plants and discusses how they can be used to understand the structure of human consciousness. Author Jim DeKorne offers authoritative information about the cultivation, processing, and correct dosages for various psychotropic plant substances including the belladonna alkaloids, d-lysergic acid amide, botanical analogues of LSD, mescaline, ayahuasca, DMT, and psilocybin. Opening with vivid descriptions of the authorrs"s personal experiences with psychedelic drugs, the book describes the parallels that exist among shamanic states of consciousness, the use of psychedelic catalysts, and the hidden structure of the human psyche. DeKorne suggests that psychedelic drugs allow us to examine the shamanic dimensions of reality. This worldview, he says, is ubiquitous across space, time, and culture, with individuals separated by race, distance, and culture routinely describing the same core reality that provides powerful evidence of the dimensional nature of consciousness itself. The book guides the reader through the imaginal realm underlying our awareness, a world in which spiritual entities exist to reconnect us with ourselves, humanity, and our planet. Accurate drawings of plants, including peyote,Salvia divinorum,and San Pedro, enhance the bookrs"s usefulness.

Author Biography

Jim DeKorne has been a political activist, epidemiologist, and college English teacher, and is the author of several books. The former publisher of The Entheogen Review, he lives in Pahoa, HI.

Table of Contents

About the Cover	p. xi
Preface to 1994 Edition	p. x
Preface to 2011 Edition	p. v
The Shamanic Hypothesis	p. 1
Altered States	p. 3
Shamanic Dimensions	p. 43
The Experience of Many Worlds	p. 51
Living in the One World	p. 63
The Entities of the Imaginal Realm, Part One	p. 73
The Entities of the Imaginal Realm, Part Two	p. 89
Psychedelic Catalysts	p. 101
The Belladonna Alkaloids	p. 103
D-Lysergic Acid Amide: Morning Glory Seeds	p. 119
Mescaline: Peyote and San Pedro	p. 133
Ayahuasca and Its Analogues: Harmine and DMT	p. 145
Smokable Tryptamines from Plants	p. 165
Psilocybin: "Magic Mushrooms"	p. 173
Some Other Psychedelic Plants	p. 185
Extraction Procedures	p. 199
Some Thoughts on Technique	p. 201
Afterword to 1994 Edition	p. 215
Afterword to 2011 Edition	p. 219
Notes	p. 223
Bibliography	p. 233
Index	p. 239
About the Author	p. 247
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